Releasesby IbisHorizon Context (Preview)
PreviewyesterdayUnverifiedAdded Oct 13, 2026
We're introducing Horizon Context in preview. Horizon Context extends Horizon Catalog with metadata from external systems and new ways to curate descriptions and preserve lineage, helping people and AI agents discover and understand data across your organization.
Topics: AI agents, Governance, Observability
More Snowflake Horizon Catalog releases
Every Snowflake Horizon Catalog releaseSnowsight interface for tags and data protection policies (General availability)
With this release, the Snowsight interface for tags and data protection policies is generally available. These areas require Enterprise Edition or higher .
DCM Projects ATTACH MASKING POLICY (Preview)
With this Public Preview release, you can use ATTACH MASKING POLICY in DCM Projects definition files to declaratively assign a masking policy to one or more columns in tables, Apache Iceberg™ tables, views, or dynamic tables. DCM Projects manages the masking policy attachment throughout its deployment lifecycle.
Programmatic notifications for Trust Center findings (Preview)
You can send Trust Center findings to enterprise ticketing and monitoring systems without waiting in Snowsight or email. Configure a notification integration for a webhook or queue, such as PagerDuty, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Amazon SNS, Azure Event Grid, or Google Pub/Sub, and Snowflake delivers findings that meet your severity threshold to that endpoint.
Account posture reporting in the Trust Center (Preview)
With this preview release, the Overview tab in the Trust Center includes an Account posture section. This section aggregates Trust Center monitoring activity for your account over a period that you select, showing scanning status, open findings, and at-risk entities.
Horizon Catalog Explorer UI (Preview)
With this release, the Horizon Catalog Explorer is the default experience for browsing Snowflake objects in Snowsight, replacing Database Explorer. The Horizon Catalog Explorer provides consistent navigation and object detail pages while preserving the tabs and actions that you already use.
Iceberg Scan Plan API in Horizon Catalog (Public Preview)
Public Preview release of Iceberg Scan Plan API in Horizon Catalog to enforce data protection policies.
Trust Center, secure by default approach for scanner package enablement
Secure by default is available only for accounts on Business Critical Edition or Virtual Private Snowflake (VPS) with a capacity contract.
External lineage (General availability)
External lineage is now generally available and is no longer in Preview .
Also shipped on Oct 12, 2026
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